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Ontario’s minimum wage has been frozen for three years. Currently the Ontario government is reviewing how to set and regularly increase the minimum wage. This…

A leaked Ontario Progressive Conservative document reveals a deep disconnect between ideologically driven wedge politics and the realpolitik of Ontario’s struggling middle class. The document lays out…

READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – Ontario is becoming one of the toughest places in Canada for youth to land a job, says a new study…

Youth Unemployment in Ontario Download 434.21 KB 38 pages Five years after the global economic meltdown, youth employment levels remain significantly depressed, tracking much lower…

Ontario Youth Can’t Win for Losing Five years after the global meltdown, Ontario’s youth employment levels remain perilously low. Ontario youth have been effectively left…

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The right-wing Fraser Institute has released a paper that, if implemented, would dramatically lower our standards for worker pay, workers’ rights and workplace protections. It…

READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA-Ontario) lays out a compromise solution to political gridlock over…

GTA and Hamilton Public Transit Expansion Revenue Options Download 575.68 KB38 pages This study lays out a compromise solution to political gridlock over how to…

By Hugh Mackenzie and Trish Hennessy All budgets are political in nature, but Ontario’s 2013 budget – tabled by a minority government with a new…

Download 416.87 KB26 pages This report finds that women in Ontario still earn 28 per cent less than men – despite increased levels of education…

The report, 10 Ways To Close Ontario’s Gender Pay Gap, finds that women in Ontario still earn 28 per cent less than men – despite increased…
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